Western Australian, Craig Serjeant, has been appointed as the vice-captain of Australia’s team to play India, at cricket, in the First Test which begins next week. Craig is twenty-six years of age. His superior is Bob Simpson, who is fifteen years his senior.
Benita Collings and John Waters presented “Play School” on the ABC-TV’s Channel Two. John told the story of “The Three Billy-goats Gruff”. “Play School” was followed, at ten o’clock, by “Behind The News”, which was presented this morning by Desmond Murphy, in the absence of Barry Eaton who is in London.
Today’s programme centred upon Egypt’s historical mission of peace to Israel, led by the Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat. Other topics that were covered included the expansion that is being made to the Sydney Museum on the corner of College and William streets, and that of “Tango Duke”, a horse that is in its forty-third year, which means that he is the oldest thoroughbred, not only in Victoria but the remainder of Australia as well — and perhaps the world? Forty-two, in human terms is the equivalent of one hundred and sixty years.
We visited Tiki’s parents’ to observe their new circular laminated kitchen table and the green and white swivel chairs that accompany it. In “Willesee”, at seven o’clock, the voice of Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, was continually drowned out by hecklers, who support the Labor Party.
Following our baked dinner, I washed the dishes while the others watched a programme of the series, “Star Trek”, from a decade ago. For the first time I had ice-cream topped with Kahlua. “Mum” and “Dad” had consumed half a bottle of the liqueur in the past five days.
I left their house at twenty minutes to nine and walked and ran home by five past the hour, which meant that I could watch Channel Two and the last half an hour of “Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival”, which featured Little Richard, and The Coasters. The latter performed its hits, “Yakety Yak” and “Charlie Brown”.